On 27/04/16 17:29, Nicolas Dichtel wrote: > Le 27/04/2016 03:14, Balbir Singh a écrit : >> >> >> On 23/04/16 01:31, Nicolas Dichtel wrote: >>> Goal of this patch is to use the new libnl API to align netlink attribute >>> when needed. >>> The layout of the netlink message will be a bit different after the patch, >>> because the padattr (TASKSTATS_TYPE_STATS) will be inside the nested >>> attribute instead of before it. >>> >>> Signed-off-by: Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@xxxxxxxxx> >> >> The layout will change/break user space -- I've not tested the patch though.. > Sigh. > > I quote David: > "All userspace components using netlink should always ignore attributes > they do not recognize in dumps. > > This is one of the most basic principles of netlink" > > Do you have some pointers so I can made some tests? > Please try https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/accounting/getdelays.c iotop uses it as well. My concern is ABI breakage of user space. Balbir Singh -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netfilter-devel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
